Guildo Horn (German pronunciation: [???ldo ?h??n]; born 15 February 1963 in Trier as Horst Köhler, not related to former German President Horst Köhler) is a German Schlager singer. He is mainly famous for his eccentric stage persona, which includes outrageous clothes and very extroverted antics.At the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, he was seventh with the song "Guildo hat euch lieb!" (Guildo loves you!).With the Olympic trampolining champion Anna Dogonadze and the referee Markus Merk, he was an ambassador for his native state of Rhineland-Palatinate for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Has the same birth name as the current President of Germany, Horst Köhler.
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Performed on stage in "Kiss Me, Kate" (2005).
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Before starting his singing career, he studied pedagogy and worked with mentally disabled people. Thus, he became the first host of a talk-show for people with a developmental delay on German television (2006).
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Performed the song "Guildo hat Euch lieb!" (lit.: "Guildo loves you") for Germany at The Eurovision Song Contest (1998). The song has been produced by German entertainers Stefan Raab and Michael Holm and written by Stefan Raab.
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His backing group is called "Die Orthopädischen Strümpfe" (lit.: "The Orthopedic Socks").